About

About Kujiponya

Based out of Charlotte, NC, Kujiponya is a nonprofit organization that specializes in holistic health for people of African descent. At Kujiponya we believe that wellness and healing starts from within. Meaning “self heal” in Swahili, Kujiponya was Founded by two Sister Queens who were on a spiritual mission to understand themselves, their ancestors and their purpose. Because we believe wellness starts from within, we have created introspective exercises and practices to address the mental, spiritual, physical, and emotional needs of the Black community. At Kujiponya we embody and promote self healing through an array of services including community workshops, spiritual retreats, yoga sessions, moon circles and metaphysical connections, just to name a few.

- meet the founders -

Andrea's bio

Andrea Cole is a Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Kujiponya. Hailing from Greensboro, NC, she received her Bachelor of Art in Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and received her Master’s in Social Work from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (NC Licensure), Certified Yoga Instructor, Reiki Practitioner, and Certified Personal Trainer, Andrea offers holistic health services from local to international platforms. She is an activist for Black women’s wellness and is passionate about financial literacy and circulation within the Black community. She believes that everyone has the power to heal themselves and thus inspire others through their personal example. Through her lifework, she promotes the necessity of individual, collective, and communal healing. Within Kujiponya, Andrea specializes in connecting the Black community to wellness practitioners, providing mental and physical health services, and utilizes Ra Sekhi Kemetic Reiki to facilitate healing.

Rishonda's bio

Hailing from Charlotte, NC Rishonda is a Co-Founder and CEO of Kujiponya. Rishonda thought her life was perfect – loving relationship, fancy sports car, thriving career, until one day she answered a call to her life’s purpose that she could no longer run from. In accepting her mission in life she lost her job, crashed her car and ended her long term relationship – and thought that she was being punished as life as she knew it was over. Through an intense spiritual journey what she actually learned was that the Universe needed to break her “Earthly ego dominated shell” and rebuild her to remember who she was before time, money, laws and practicality corrupted the World. A powerful dual-worker whose main purpose on Earth is to help, heal and guide her people into their spiritual truth, Rishonda lives to support and protect people of African American descent. Specializing in shadow work, manifestation and metaphysical connections, Rishonda honors and takes pride in her Ancestors and being chosen to use her gifts to serve her community in such a way.

Mission

To promote the advancement of community members of the African diaspora through physical, mental and spiritual wellness.

Vision

Internal, natural healing that leads to collective wellness.